Mary Louise Glover Essenburg

Mary was born February 24, 1949 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina to William P. Glover and Raymonde Mary (Daniel) Glover. The Glover family moved to Copperas Cove in 1958.

She married the love of her life Kenneth “Ken” Essenburg on August 7, 1968.

Mary enjoyed many things in life to include, watching her husband and son race cars on the dirt tracks, watching her son play football, collecting dolls, listening to Elvis Presley and most of all spending time with her grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents and a grandson Tyler.

Mary leaves behind to treasure her memory her husband Kenneth “Ken” Essenburg of Copperas Cove; two sons, Kenny Essenburg and his wife Deborah of Hutto and Allan Essenburg and his wife Brenda of Copperas Cove; a daughter, Chrissy Essenburg Kelly and her husband Jon of Copperas Cove; five grandchildren, Trey, Daniel, Jordyn, Shane and Justin and baby Mason on the way; a brother, Jack Glover of Harker Heights; two sisters, Edith Lynch of Harker Heights and Lynda Tschetter and her husband Walter of Nolanville.

The Essenburg family will receive guests for a time of visitation from6-8 p.m. Sunday, February 26, 2012 at Crawford-Bowers Funeral Home in Copperas Cove. Funeral services will be 12:30 p.m. Monday, February 27, 2012 at Crawford-Bowers Funeral Home in Copperas Cove with Pastor Robin Traweek of Five Hills Cowboy Church officiating assisted by Pastor Kirby Lack. Interment services will follow at the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen.

In place of usual remembrances the family requests that memorial contributions be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 or on line at www.stjude.org; or to the American Lung Association, 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20004 or on line at www.lung.org.

Services have been entrusted to the care of Crawford-Bowers Funeral Home in Copperas Cove.